Lubricator for spinning machinery



(No Model.)

L. B. SANFORD & T. GRISENTHWAITE. LUBRIGATOR FOR SPINNING MACHINERY.

No. 407,122. Patented July 16, 1889'.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAZARUS BORDEN SANFORD AND THOMAS GRISENTIIWAITE, or FALL RIVER,MASSACHUSETTS.

LUBRICATOR FOR SPINNING MACHINERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,122, dated July 16,1889.

Application filed November 23, 1888. Serial No. 291,674. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LAZARUS BORDEN SANFORD and THoMAs GRISENTHWAITE,both of Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in Lubricators for SpinningMachinery, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved lubricatorspecially adapted for spinning machinery, and serving for supplying thenecessary lubricant to the top rolls of the spinning-mules or spinningring-frames, at the same time cleaning and clearing the rolls, alsoforming a smooth round lap on top clearer for mules.

The invention consists of a lubricator hinged on one of the links of thetension device and provided with an aperture discharging into a concaverecess formed on the inside of the foot resting on the neck of the roll.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details andcombinations of the same, as will be herein after described an d thenpointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvement as applied to ring-frames.Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same 011 the line as 00 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the improvement as applied tospinning-mules. Fig. 4: is a sectional side elevation of the same on theline y y of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the lubricator.

The spinning-mule or ring-frame spinningmachine is provided with theusual rolls A, B, and O, mounted to rotate in suitable bearings in theframe D, and each provided in its middle with a neck A, B, or C,respectively. On the neck A of the roll A rests one end of the link E,resting at its other end on the top of a link F, held with its end overthe necks B and O of the rolls B and C.

An arm G engages the link E and extends downward between the rolls A andB, and is pressed downward by a lever I-I, fulerumed at one end on astud I, secured in the frame D, and engaged at its other free end by abolt J, on the lower threaded end of which screws the nut J against thebase of the frame D, so as to give any desired tension to the links Eand F, pressing on the necks of the rolls A, B, and 0. As illustrated inFigs. 3 and 4, the arm G and the stud I are dispensed with and the boltJ is directly connected to the link E. The links E and F, lever H, andconnections form the usual saddle or tension device to regulate thespeed of the rolls A, B, and C.

On the outer end of the link E, directly above the roll A, is pivotedthe lubricator K, comprising a tube L and a foot N, which latter isprovided with the lugs N, which form the hinge for the lubricator K onthe link E. The lower end N of the foot N rests against the neck A ofthe roll A and extends across the width of the neck, thus acting as acleaner for the said neck.

The lower end of the tube L connects with an aperture 0, formed in thefoot N, and the lower end of the aperture 0 discharges into a concaverecess P, formed on the inside of the foot. This recess P opens onto theneck A of the roll A above the lower end N of the foot N. On the part ofthe link E resting on top of the neck A of the roll A is formed a smallrecess E for permitting the lubricant to pass from the concave recess Ponto the neck A of the roll A.

The operation is as follows: The usual tension is given to the rolls A,B, and O by means of the tension device above described by adjusting thenut J so as to increaseor diminish the downward pressure on the links Eand F. The tube L of the lubricator K is filled with tallow or othersuitable lubricant, so that the tallow passes from the tube L throughthe aperture 0 into the recessP and directly onto the neck A of the rollA. The

quantity of lubricant in the tube L is usually 5 of the top roll A keepsthe neck clean. It is also understood that the lubricant passing intothe concave recess P is held in place by the lower end N of the footNresting against the neck A and by the end of the link E resting on thetop of the said neck, as is plainly shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus fully described our invention, We claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A lubricator for spinn ng machinery,consisting of a tube provided with a foot having a recess on its inside,an aperture leading from the recess to the tube, and lugs for pivotingit to the tension device of the rolls, as set forth.

2. The lubricator K, consisting of the tube L, provided with the foot N,having the re LAZARUS BORDEN SANFORD. THOMAS GRISENTHWAITE.

Witnesses:

JOHN MCDONALD, THOMAS WORKMAN.

